I Should Have Run
One cold dark night, a woman encounters something strange and terrifying on her walk home. When it asks her a question, her sheer terror causes her to lie... with disastrous consequences.
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Gabriela StaniszewskaDirectorThe Spring, Blaise, Kokeshi Love, Kin
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Gabriela StaniszewskaWriterThe Spring, Blaise, Kokeshi Love, Kin
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Gabriela StaniszewskaProducerThe Spring, Blaise, Kokeshi Love
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Gabriela StaniszewskaKey CastBlaise
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Scott WharramDirector of PhotographyBlaise, The Spring, Kin
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Gabriela StaniszewskaEditor1st credit as editor
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Kieran Hayhow1st ADThirteen, Another Mother's Son
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Matthew Chippendale-Jones1st ACThe Spring
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:3 minutes 50 seconds
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Completion Date:April 30, 2016
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Production Budget:200 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Black & White
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Portland Horror Film FestivalPortland
United States
June 8, 2017
Official Selection -
Final Girls BerlinBerlin
Germany
February 23, 2017
Official Selection -
NecronomiconProvidence, RI
United States
August 17, 2017
Official Selection -
Independent Horror Movie Awards
January 4, 2017
Official Selection -
Kinofilm International Short Film & Animation FestivalManchester
United Kingdom
November 20, 2017
Official Selection -
Ridgefield Independent Film FestivalRidgefield, Connecticut
United States
May 19, 2017
Official Selection -
Bloodstained Indie Horror Film FestivalTokyo
Japan
December 1, 2016
Official Selection -
Female Filmmakers Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
March 21, 2017
Official Selection -
The Women's Film FestivalPhiladelphia
United States
March 16, 2017
Official Selection -
Etheria Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
July 3, 2017
Official Selection -
Los Angeles Women's International Doc FestLos Angeles
United States
March 23, 2017
Official Selection -
The Indie Horror Film FestivalDekalb
United States
April 21, 2017
Official Selection -
Ax Wound Film FestivalBrattleboro, Vermont
United States
November 5, 2016
Official Selection -
Newborn Short Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
October 13, 2016
Official Selection -
Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival (POW Film Fest)Portland
United States
March 2, 2017
Official Selection -
International Women's Film FestivalOrlando
United States
October 15, 2016
Official Selection -
Cardiff Mini Film FestivalCardiff
United Kingdom
June 26, 2016
Best Short Ficton -
Underwire FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
November 30, 2016
Nominated for Best Editing -
Lady Filmmakers Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
September 23, 1206
Official Selection -
Spotlight Horror Film AwardsAtlanta
United States
December 31, 2016
Award Winner -
Female Filmmakers Fuse Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
June 23, 2017
Award Winner -
Women In Horror Film FestivalAtlanta
United States
September 22, 2017
Award Winner -
Red Ditch Halloween Film Festival
October 28, 2016
Semi Finalist -
London International Story First Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
January 20, 2018
Semi Finalist -
Encounters Short Film FestivalBristol
United Kingdom
September 10, 2017
Official Selection
Gabriela Staniszewska is the award winning Director, Writer and Producer of The Spring, which made an impression on the festival circuit in 2015. Winner of the Woman Director of the Year award, and a Gold Award for Excellence at the IFFWSZ festival in Jakarta, I Should Have Run is her horror debut. Her first major project was Bristol zombie film Blaise, for which she was the producer, as well as other credits. Since then she has assistant directed and produced various other short animations and live-action films.
I Should Have Run may look like a very simple horror... owing a lot to Edgar Allan Poe, but it is just a little more than that.
I Should Have Run was written in the face of depression and grief following the suicide of a close friend, and symbolises the mistakes you make along your journey, the lies you tell yourself and others... and ultimately the dire consequences of those lies. This film was made on a budget of £200.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you enjoy the film.